Drew Sarian's 85th Academy Awards Predictions:

Best Visual Effects:

Nominees:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Life Of Pi

Marvel's The Avengers

Prometheus

Snow White & The Huntsman

Predicted Winner:

Life Of Pi

Best Film Editing:

Nominees:

Argo

Life Of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Predicted Winner:

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Costume Design:

Nominees:

Anna Karenina

Les Miserables

Lincoln

Mirror Mirror

Snow White & The Huntsman

Predicted Winner:

Les Miserables

Best Makeup & Hairstyling:

Hitchcock

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Les Miserables

Predicted Winner:

Les Miserables

Best Cinematography:

Nominees:

Anna Karenina

Django Unchained

Life Of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Predicted Winner:

Skyfall

Best Production Design:

Nominees:

Anna Karenina

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Les Miserables

Life Of Pi

Lincoln

Predicted Winner:

Les Miserables

Best Sound Mixing:

Nominees:

Argo

Les Miserables

Life Of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Predicted Winner:

Argo

Best Sound Editing:

Nominees:

Argo

Django Unchained

Life Of Pi

Skyfall

Zero Dark Thirty

Predicted Winner:

Argo

Best Original Song:

Chasing Ice - "Before My Time"

Ted - "Everybody Needs A Best Friend"

Life Of Pi - "Pi's Lullaby"

Skyfall - "Skyfall"

Les Miserables - Suddenly

Predicted Winner:

Skyfall - "Skyfall" (Because it's fucking Adele... the only reason why)

Best Original Score:

Nominees:

Anna Karenina

Argo
Life Of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Predicted Winner:

Life Of Pi

Best Animated Short:

Nominees:

Adam & Dog

Fresh Guacamole

Head Over Heels

The Longest Daycare

Paperman

Predicted Winner:

Didn't See Any So No Prediction

Best Live Action Short Film:

Same As Animated Short. Saw None, No Prediction.

 Best Documentary Short:

Also Same As Animated & Live Action Short. No Prediction.

Best Documentary:

Nominees:

5 Broken Cameras

The Gatekeepers

How To Survive A Plague

The Invisible War

Searching For Sugar Man

Predicted Winner:

Searching For Sugar Man

Best Foreign Language Film:

Amour

Kon-Tiki

No

A Royal Affair

War Witch

Predicted Winner:
Well considering that it's nominated for BEST PICTURE, I guess Amour.

Best Animated Feature:

Brave

Frankenweenie

ParaNorman

The Pirates! Band Of Misfits

Wreck-It Ralph

Predicted Winner:

Brave

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay:

Nominees:

Argo

Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Life Of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Predicted Winner:

Argo

Dark Horse:

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Writing - Original Screenplay:

Nominees:

Amour

Django Unchained

Flight

Moonrise Kingdom

Zero Dark Thirty

Predicted Winner:

Zero Dark Thirty

Dark Horse:

Flight

Best Supporting Actress:

Amy Adams - The Master

Sally Field - Lincoln

Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

Helen Hunt - The Sessions

Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

Predicted Winner:

Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

Dark Horse:

Helen Hunt - The Sessions

Best Supporting Actor:

Nominees:

Alan Arkin - Argo

Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook

Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

Predicted Winner:

Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook

Dark Horse:

Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

Best Actress:

Nominees:

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

Emmanuelle Riva - Amour

Quevenzhane Wallis - Beasts Of The Souther Wild

Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Predicted Winner:

Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

Dark Horse:

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor:

Nominees:

Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix - The Master

Denzel Washington - Flight

Predicted Winner:

Obviously Daniel Day-Lewis

Dark Horse:

Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables

Best Director:

Ang Lee - Life Of Pi

David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook

Steven Spielberg - Lincoln

Behn Zeitlin - Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Michael Haneke - Amour

Predicted Winner:

David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook

Dark Horse:

Behn Zeitlin - Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Best Picture:

Nominees:

Amour

Argo

Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Miserables

Life Of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Predicted Winner:

Lincoln

Dark Horse:

Les Miserables

Cool Hand Luke (1967):

Starring:

Paul Newman - Luke Jackson

George Kennedy - Dragline

J.D. Cannon - Society Red

Lou Antonio - Koko

Robert Drivas - Loudmouth Steve

Strothers Martin - Captain

Jo Van Fleet - Arletta

Clifton James - Carr

Morgan Woodward - Boss Godfrey

Luk Askew - Boss Paul

Marc Cavell - Rabbitt

Harry Dean Stanton - Tramp

Dennis Hopper - Babalugats

Richard Davalos - Blind Dick

Robert Donner - Boss Shorty

Director:

Stuart Rosenberg (The Amittyville Horror; Brubaker; The Pope Of Greenwich Village)

Synopsis:

Luke Jackson is sentenced to a stretch on a southern chain gang after he's arrested for drunkenly decapitating parking meters. While the avowed ambition of the Captain is for each prisoner to "get their mind right" it soon becomes obvious that Luke is not about to kowtow to anybody.

Review:

PERFECTION! The best movie I have ever seen. Still not my number one favourite movie of all time, I don't think anything will surpass my love of Jurassic Park or Jaws, but based on the criteria that I review movies on, this one will be my VERY FIRST 100%. Paul Newman, amazing. Everything is perfect in this film. Drama, comedy, acting, sets, plot all perfect.

I Don't have budget numbers for it but as of 2012 it has made $111,243,078.07 domestic.

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

Flixster: 100%

100%

Lead Acting: 15/15

Supporting Cast: 15/15

Plot: 10/10

Compared To The Genre: 10/10

Cinematography: 20/20

Intrigue: 20/20

Extra: 10/10

Zulu (1964):

Starring:

Stanley Baker - Lt. John Chard R.E.

Jack Hawkins - Ottot Witt

Ulla Jacobsson - Margareta Witt

James Booth - Pvt. Henry Hook

Michael Caine - Lt. Gonville Bromhead

Nigel Green - Colour-Sgt. Bourne

Ivor Emmanuel - Pvt. Owen

Paul Daneman - Sgt. Maxfield

Glynn Edwards - Cpl. Allen

Neil McCarthy - Pvt. Thomas

David Kernan - Pvt. Hitch

Gary Bond - Pvt. Cole

Director: 

Cy Endfield (Hell Drviers; Zulu Dawn)

Synopsis:

Filmed on a grand scale, Zulu is a rousing recreation of the January 22, 1879 siege of Rorke's Drift in Natal, Africa. An Army of 4,000 Zulu warriors have already decimated a huge British garrison; Now they are on their way to the much smaller Rorke's Drift.

Review:

300, but WAY LESS GAY. Perfectly acted, which unfortunately is counteracted by just the worst choreographed fighting scenes I have ever seen. Sure it was the 1960's but there was great movie fight scenes before this so why were these one's so poorly done? Earliest of Michael Caine movie roles. To be completely honest I had never heard of a single other actor in this film until I saw it, assuming Michael Caine was the star/main attraction. Love the story, especially because it was before every other movie involving a similar plot. Holds up quite well when you watch it on Blu-ray.

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Flixster: 89%

89%

Lead Acting: 14/15

Supporting Cast: 13/15

Plot: 10/10

Compared To The Genre: 10/10

Cinematography: 16/20

Intrigue: 18/20

Extra: 8/10   

The Man Who Would Be King (1975):

Starring:

Sean Connery - Daniel Dravot

Michael Caine - Peachy Carnehan

Christopher Plummer - Rudyard Kipling

Saeed Jaffrey - Billy Fish

Albert Moses - Ghulam

Shakira Caine - Roxanne

Director:

John Huston (The Maltese Falcon; The African Queen)

Synopsis:

Two British soldiers in India decide to resign from the Army and set themselves up as deities in Kafiristan--a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander.

Review:

Michael Caine & Sean Connery are the almost perfect on screen duo. Both men are very underrated for their comedic abilities & they feed perfectly off one another. You add in the wide range of their abilities, several mood changes & a quite epic climax & this has become one of my new favourite movies of all time. Based on a true story, it is essentially a 2 man show because the majority of the other actors are all hired extra's from the country it was filmed in, including the towns high priest. Christopher Plummer is involved but only slightly as he is being told the story by Michael Caine at the beginning & then doesn't appear again until the end. Also stars Michael Caine's wife Shakira as the princess that Dravot plans to make his wife. I have very little bad to say about this film, there are some obvious points like the outrageous fight scene at the end, Connery's last on screen scene & the fake looking blood as most 60's & 70's films had.

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Flixster: 88%

95%

Lead Acting: 15/15

Supporting Cast: 12/15

Plot: 10/10

Compared To The Genre: 10/10

Cinematography: 18/20

Intrigue: 20/20

Extra: 10/10